Henry Bouquet

Henry Bouquet (1719-2 September 1765) was the colonel of the 60th Regiment of Foot during the French and Indian War and Pontiac's Rebellion.

Biography
Henry Bouquet was born in 1719 in Rolle, Switzerland to a moderately wealthy family, and he saw military service abroad. Bouquet served in the armies of the United Provinces and Kingdom of Sardinia, and in 1748 he became Lieutenant-Colonel of the "Swiss Guards" of the Dutch Army. In 1752, Bouquet entered the British Army as a Lieutenant-Colonel (King's Royal Rifle Corps), and he was deployed to the Thirteen Colonies during the French and Indian War. His forces marched on Fort Duquesne, winning the battle of Fort Ligonier before arriving at the fort, which the French Army had razed before they retreated. Bouquet decided to construct Fort Pitt on the site of Fort Duquesne, and he defended the fort from Pontiac's forces. Bouquet defeated Pontiac at the battle of Bushy Run, and he proceeded to lift the siege of Fort Pitt. In 1765, Bouquet was promoted to Brigadier-General and given command of all British troops in the southern colonies, and he died in Pensacola, West Florida of yellow fever.